The Bicycle Club of Irvine

[Bill Sellin]

See a bad pot hole? Wheel eating grate?
Bike lane that turns into a shoulder for no apparent reason?
Here are some contacts:
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IRVINE:
The Public Works Department develops, builds, and maintains the City's infrastructure to the standards and expectations set forth by the City Council. City inventory includes streetscapes, open space, City parks (community and neighborhood), athletic fields, Eucalyptus windrow trees, bike trails, roadways, traffic signals, and more.
You can reach the Public Works Department at (949) 724-7365 for general Public Works information.
For maintenance issues, please call (949) 724-7600
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TUSTIN:
Tustin Public Works Department
300 Centennial Way
Tustin, CA 92780
(714) 573-3150
Field Services
1472 Service Road
Tustin, CA 92780
(714) 573-3350

The Streets Division ensures the aesthetic image and safe environment desired by the community through scheduled street sweeping, assuring proper signage and striping and by maintaining all streets, sidewalks, bike trails, medians, parkways, storm drains and catch basins within the public right-of-way.
Responsibilities:
1. Maintain asphaltic concrete paved areas through in-house repairs and administration of contractual services.
2. Maintain all publicly owned storm drains, catch basins and surface drainage facilities.
3. Maintain all turf foliage within the street medians/parkways.
4. Perform weed abatement and litter control in the public right-of-way.
5. Maintain traffic signing program as directed by the Engineering Division, Traffic Section.
6. Conduct scheduled sweeping of streets, bike trails and parking lots throughout the City.
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OCTA
OC Bikeways Master Plan - Coordinates Masterplan with Local Jurisdictions...
714.560.OCTA (560-6282)
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Freeway bridges & abutment areas; expect the local City to hand it off to CalTrans
The Bicycle Facilities Unit is responsible for the Caltrans bike program. Acting as the Department's bicycle advocate, the unit's objective is to improve safety and convenience for bicyclists. The unit provides policy, funding, planning and technical expertise in bicycle transportation in consultation with federal, state, and local transportation agencies, Caltrans headquarters and District staff, legislative staff, and the public.
www.dot.ca.gov/hq/tpp/offices/bike/contacts.htm
CalTrans has a California Bicycle Advisory Committee
Formed by Caltrans in 1992, the California Bicycle Advisory Committee (CBAC) is composed of thirteen members who represent various California agencies and organizations. The committee provides guidance to Caltrans on bicycle issues. Meetings are held on the first Thursday of every other month starting with February. The Bicycle Facilities Unit provides staff support to the committee.
Typical CBAC issues:
* Signal timing * Bicycle lane striping * Bicycles on freeways
* Signage * Design standards for shared roadways
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